OrangeFlash

public function funnyXMLBehavior():void
{
	var xmlDemo:XML = ;

	//this is works

	xmlDemo.childNode[’@atr1′] = ‘Orange’;

	//and this is workwing too 0_o

	xmlDemo.childNode.@[’atr2′] = ‘Raspberry’;

	trace(xmlDemo.toXMLString());
}

8 Responses to “Easy way to add attribute to XML”

1. Valery Silaev Says:
   September 16th, 2007 at 3:41 pm

   Hmmm… If you know attribute name then even simpler approach is possible in AS3:

   xmlDemo.childNode.@attr = “Some value”

   VS

2. Nirth Says:
   September 16th, 2007 at 10:53 pm

   Yeah, but this is if i do know attribute. in this case it surprises me that 2 ways are equally working.

3. Rostislav Siryk Says:
   October 12th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

   Nice!

   I suggest

   xmlDemo.childNode.@atr[’2′] = ‘Raspberry’;

   will work too?

4. Jloa Says:
   June 10th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

   Hm… I dont like using the XML class, i prefer the XMLList. Try this one:

   function funnyXMLBehavior():void
   {
   var xmlDemo:XMLList = new XMLList();
   xmlDemo.childNode.@atr1 = “Orange”;
   xmlDemo.childNode.@atr2 = “Raspberry”;
   trace(xmlDemo.toXMLString());
   }
   funnyXMLBehavior();

5. Sam Says:
   June 30th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

   Hey if u wnt to add an attribute in an XML object u dont require ‘childNode’ also…
   just try this
   objXML.@newAttribute = ‘value’;
   it works… ;o)… amazing na…

6. Nirth Says:
   September 29th, 2008 at 4:09 am

   Wow, this works man, thanks.
   Seriously why did you post that comment =)?

7. Nirth Says:
   September 29th, 2008 at 6:31 am

   @Jloa
   Hehe, funny

8. NewFlexProgrammer Says:
   October 5th, 2008 at 4:31 am

   Hey thanks a lot for this posting. I am new to Actionscript and this saved me lot of time. Was wondering how to add multiple attributes dynamically during runtime without knowing their names beforehand.

   All examples I saw before this were only referencing the names directly like
   xmlDemo.childNode.@atr1

   I was trying xmlDemo.childNode.@{attrName} where attrName is a string and kept hitting the wall !!